Compounding Pharmacy Linked to 2002 Illnesses

A top Massachusetts health regulator has told a congressional committee that the pharmacy at the center of this fall's deadly meningitis outbreak was also linked to apparent meningitis cases in 2002.

In testimony prepared for a House hearing Wednesday, Dr. Lauren Smith, interim commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, said two patients in 2002 received methylprednisolone from New England Compounding Center and...